Snatch the brain bleach from my hand, grasshopper

[lostakasha]

I admit it. Certain individuals on my flist have perverted me so much that when I'd heard that David Carradine hung himself my very first thought was ...never auto-erotically asphyxiate without a buddy.

Then I shook that awful thought off, and went into 'geez, that's sad -- I thought he'd made a comeback. Maybe it was depression over those Yellow Book commercials that drove him to it.'

And then came today's news. Pornthip Rojanasunand, director of Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Science, said Carradine may have died attempting a sex act known as auto-erotic asphyxiation — cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. The AP article is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/04/international/i234354D30.DTL&tsp=1

Wow. I don't know whether to be horrified at myself or not. Just...you guys. First Wesley and now everybody's doin' it.

*flails*

Comments

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

yes, thanks to the internet and our porn/fic addictions, that was the first thing that came into my head as well. "that was no suicide, batman! that was auto-erotic asphyxiation!" oh we are doomed to that special hell, we are.

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

At least we'll have lots of good buds to sit with as we fry, right?

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

yeah that's a comfort indeed. in fact, i think it could be superreallyfun since we'd all get to finally meet. party in hell! where's the vodka?

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Oh, hon, not just you. My whole flist and I assumed that was it, and today's reports seem to confirm it. So sad...I liked him, and now he'll just be a punchline.

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

But the things you remember when a celebrity dies -- why, for example, do I know that when he was married to Barbara Hershey they had a child named "Free" whose placenta they buried in their backyard beneath a tree?

Actually, that seems like a much nicer thing to remember -- if a little Laurel Canyon, 1970.

[sweptawaybayou.livejournal.com]

that was *exactly* my first thought too, bb.

didn't he learn anything from Michael H?

*sigh*

as much of a kink as it is for me (in fic, at least) ... i agree with you 100%. Never, never without a buddy. And never both at once. And make sure that your buddy is strong enough to lift you ...

;)

but then, we already knew we are gonna burn, right?

burn, baby, burn.
*fans the flames*
*smooch*

[poisontaster]

When I found out that he'd "hung himself" in a closet, that was the FIRST thing that came leaping to my mind. And it's not like I'd put it past him.

[cerisaye.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I love El Jay so much, cus we all share a (dirty) mind! Definitely agree about the buddy thing though. RIP Grasshopper.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I am ashamed that I didn't think of this. I am going to lose all my kink cred.

(In other news, I explained exactly what this was to a friend at work. Man, she got quite the education.)

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

I thought of it too. And then I thought, "Well, that's kinda sad, but on the other hand, dying of kink at 72? I can think of worse!"